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Ashley Hesse Photography

Hi! I’m Ashley, a Virginia engagement and wedding photographer, and I have a soft spot for love stories.

Ashton & Joe’s long-awaited wedding in Orange, Va To say this Inn at Willow Grove Wedding was a long time coming is the biggest understatement of the entire year. Ashton popped into my inbox back in November of 2019 with an original wedding date in June of 2020. Obviously, the world had different plans for […]

Rainy Colonial Heritage club Wedding Where do I even start with this Colonial Heritage club Wedding? I guess we start at the beginning of our “relationship”, back in 2019. Our original meeting was in June of 2019, followed up by their engagement session in September. We would have never guessed in a million years that […]

Grandview Manor Estate Wedding Sarah & Jon’s Grandview Manor Estate Wedding was on the most perfectly cool day in May. They said their ‘I do’s” in front of their closest friends and family on the estate’s land, near the water. What a great place to start their marriage, just one week after Jon commissioned into […]

bride and groom on dock

Kelly and Shane; Sonesta Resort Wedding This was a first for me! I love destination weddings, and the ability to travel to new locations for my couple’s wedding days. This particular weekend took me to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina for Shane & Kelly’s wedding day. Kelly grew up coming to Hilton Head every […]

Williamsburg Winery Wedding, Williamsburg VA. Folks, wedding season is back in full force and I am here for it! It was the second Saturday in a row for me, and I’ve only just started. Hannah & James and their Williamsburg Winery Wedding was perfect, in every way. From the springtime florals that perfectly matched the […]